The
Pentagon firmly believes that the Russian government gave Iraq President
Saddam Hussein United States strategic war plans for the invasion
of Iraq.

The
Fox News Channel is reporting that the Pentagon believes the Russians
had a "mole" in CentCom (US military's Central Command) who passed
on secrets to the Russians who in turn passed on intelligence to Saddam's
regime.

Documents
confiscated by US forces after the Iraq invasion revealed communications
between Russian government officials and the Iraqi military high-command
before the March 2003 invasion by coalition forces. According to the
Pentagon, the communications included handwritten notes.

According
to a Moscow journalist, documents from Saddam Hussein's leadership
released by the US government reveal that the Russian ambassador to
Iraq disclosed the US war plans to Saddam and his commanders.

Two
documents dated March 2003, on the eve of the US-led invasion described
details of the US military strategic and tactical plans.

One
of the documents is a handwritten account of a meeting between the
Russian ambassador Vladimir Teterenko and Iraqi military and diplomatic
officials. The document details his description of the composition,
size, location and type of US military forces arrayed in the Gulf
and Jordan.

The
document also includes the deployment numbers of tanks, armored vehicles,
different types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers,
and other forces and also their exact locations. The ambassador also
described the positions of two Special Forces units, according to
ABC News.

The
second document is a typed account, signed by Deputy Foreign Minister
Hammam Abdel Khaleq, which states that Teterenko told the Iraqis that
"the United States was planning to deploy its force into Iraq from
Basra in the South and up the Euphrates, and would avoid entering
major cities on the way to Baghdad,"

According
to Pentagon, this is exactly what happened. The documents also state
that "Americans are also planning on taking control of the oil fields
in Kirkuk." The information was obtained by the Russians from "sources
at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar," according to the document.

This
document also includes an account of an incident in which several
Iraqi Army officers (presumably seeking further elaboration of the
US war plans) contacted the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and stated
that the ambassador was their source. This caused great embarrassment
to Teterenko, and the officers were instructed "not to mention the
ambassador again in that context."

Teterenko
is mentioned in documents released by the Volker Commission, which
investigated the Oil for Food scandal, as receiving allocations of
3 million barrels of oil � worth roughly $1.5 million.

While
the recently released documents are being analyzed by several news
organizations and intelligence think-tanks, there exists a classified
version of the Pentagon report, titled "Iraqi Perspectives Project,"
which is not being released to the public.

These
disclosures go far in explaining other events that have occurred in
Iraq just prior to the invasion that toppled Saddam's regime. For
example, sources have claimed that the saw plainclothes Russian military
personnel helping with the transport of materials across the Iraq
border into Syria. Several intelligence analysts have claimed some
of the materials may have been chemical and/or biological weapons.

In
addition, former Iraqi Air Force General, Georges Sada, has repeatedly
claimed that the Russian military cooperated with Iraq in an advisory
capacity and that the Russians were in Iraq right up to the time the
invasion began.

The
Federal Bureau of Investigation is also alarmed about the impact of
foreign spies within the United States, especially Chinese and Russian
operatives. The Russians have infiltrated both government and private
sector organizations. The FBI are suspicious of Russia, Iran, and
North Korea but have focused mostly on the Chinese. The feds estimate
that the are over 2,600 Chinese front companies in the US.

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These
new disclosures, plus reports already reviewed, highlight the belief
of many that Russia is not an ally or friend of the United States.
As we pursue curtailing Iran's nuclear weapons program, the Russia
is the last country we should trust to broker a deal.

Jim Kouri, CPP
is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs
of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington
Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the
1980s. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police
and security officers throughout the country.

He writes for
many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times,
The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared
as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including
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